Local campaign chatter after Pennsylvania election
The piece notes today's strictly local vote in Hepbottom and Dogtown districts will not forecast statewide results. It contrasts Philadelphia's controlled vote with upstate openness, questions Arlen Specter or Drew Lewis futures, and warns against overinterpreting Philadelphia outcomes for the governor race next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepbottom
Pennsylvania
Hastile
Philadelphia
Arlen Specter
Quaker City
Dogtown
Yesteryear
Upstate
Potter County
Drew Lewis
Montgomery County
Specter
Lewis
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Question Sparks Debate
A Washington columnist sees Nixon’s Thanksgiving proclamation as credibility tests. A bus passenger jokes about proving the date, urging restraint on executive privilege while debating if the holiday was chosen to divert Watergate attention. The piece lampoons skepticism and defends the President’s prerogative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Nixon
Agnew
ITT
Bebe Rebozo
San Clemente
Oval
Gas leak causes small basement explosion at market
A minor gas line leak caused a small explosion in the basement of the Frank E. Poltzer Meat Market on Carpenter Avenue yesterday afternoon, described as a potentially dangerous event. The report appears among dated items including local politics and historical notes spanning 1928 to 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Poltzer
Carpenter Avenue
Thaddeus Stevens School
Blairsville
Frank M. Barkley
William W. Jones Sr
Patrick J. Stapleton
Stapleton
Barkley
Jones
Frank E. Moore
Moore
William G. Buchanan
Dan Delaney
Cox Had ITT Perjury Evidence In Witnesses
Washington report by Jack Anderson says special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox gathered evidence of perjury by at least five witnesses in the ITT antitrust case. It notes Nixon interference, conflicting White House memos, and possible lies by Dita Beard and ITT lawyer Phil Gilbert, amid claims of denial and shifting stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Watergate
Archibald Cox
ITT
Justice Department
Dita Beard
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard Kleindienst
Beard
Cox Crew
John Mitchell
Harold Geneen
E. J
Ned) Gerrity
California
Ed Reinecke
Kleindienst
Reinecke
Mitchell
Richard
McLaren
John
Hal
Gerrity
Agnew
Ryan
Committee
Cox
White House
Nixon
Leindienst
Dita
Brit Hume
Phil Gilbert
Geneen
Gilbert
Judiciary Committee
James Eastland
Speaking Freely System Fueled By Silence
Don Oakley questions why whistleblowing failed during the Agnew affair and why Maryland contractors funded politicians through regular contributions. He argues the shakedown pattern was not unique to Maryland but reflects a broader risk when vast public money funds construction contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
Agnew
Maryland
Justice Department
Baltimore
Milking the public cow and the slide rule decline
In a Wall Street Journal excerpt, New Orleans architect Charles Colbert laments corruption in public works, while William Slayton of the American Institute of Architecture notes politicians exploit the system. The piece argues both private temptations and public underfunding drive graft, then contrasts this with engineers’ reliance on slide rules fading as handheld calculators rise in popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles Colbert
Columbia School of Architecture
Wall Street Journal
William Slayton
American Institute of Architecture
Baltimore
Labor Strife in New York Looms Over City and Nation
Victor Riesel reports New York faces a wave of public employee protests as firefighters threaten a total strike with 10,500 members, backed by police and sanitation unions. The piece notes potential 750 million annual demands, legal limits, and national implications for labor law and a House bill to grant public workers the right to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
Assny
Afl-Cio
Dick Vizzini
Vizzini
John Dunlop
Lindsay
International Assay of Fire Fighters
Iaff-Afl-Cio
IAFF
Albuquerque
N.M
Unnion
Atlanta
Macon
Youngstown
Ohio
Rapid City
S.C
Fire Officers Union
International Fire Fighter’s Association
New York City
Robert McKiernan
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assn
PBA
John DeLury
U.S. Asst
Bernard DeLury
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Teamsters
City Central Labor Council
Transport Workers Union
Subway and Bus Workers
Congress
House Special Subcommittee On Labor
Archibald Cox
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Liberal
THE
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
R.H. Ray
Elizabeth R. Sweene
Amye Taylor Ray
William
Hastings Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Iodiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Indiana
Pega
P.T. Barnum
Joyce Heth
George Washington
Anne
Joachim
Virgin Mary
E. J. Gerrity
Spiro Agnew
I Wt Syndicate, Inc
McNaut
Berry's
NEA
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